Coastal Conservation League Celebrates CFO Council Award Winner
CHARLESTON, SC – The Coastal Conservation League, an environmental advocacy organization, is pleased to announce that Chief Financial Officer Joel Sandstrom was recently recognized as the recipient of the 2024 Senior Financial Executive of the Year – Small Business Award given by the Charleston CFO Council. The award was announced and awarded during a reception […]
Charleston County voters prioritize Sea Islands in referendum vote
Charleston County voters have made it clear: they prioritize our Sea Islands, Settlement Communities, and Lowcountry way of life more than a destructive road project. The Coastal Conservation League is proud of voters who stood up for our environment, community, and future by voting down the unbalanced and unfair 2024 special sales and use tax. […]
Coastal Conservation League releases maps showing impacts of potential I-526 Extension
The Coastal Conservation League has released maps showing the potential impacts the proposed route of the I-526/Mark Clark Expressway Extension would have on Charleston County communities. On November 5th, Charleston County residents will vote on a sales tax that prioritizes the outdated, overpriced, and destructive Mark Clark / I-526 Extension. If funded, the extension project […]
Pack the Council chambers to save our sea islands
There is one last opportunity to share your concerns about the Charleston County sales tax referendum before voting begins! Show up on Tuesday night to tell Council we’re paying attention and we don’t support a $5.4 billion dollar tax that prioritizes funding for destructive highway extensions rather than meaningful traffic solutions. Two and a half […]
SURGE Radio: Catch up on the I-526 Extension
Emma Berry, our Communities & Transportation Project Manager joined Surge Radio to discuss the $2.3 billion I-526 Extension up for a vote this November as a transportation sales tax. They talked through induced demand and how highway expansions don’t help traffic, the projected damage to marshes, how the Mark Clark would cut through historic settlement […]
Coastal Conservation League launches campaign to stop I-526 Extension
The Conservation League’s campaign highlights environmental damage, community displacement, and the project’s empty promises to voters ahead of the November vote. The Coastal Conservation League has launched a “Save Our Sea Islands” campaign to stop the I-526/Mark Clark Expressway Extension project set to be funded if the Charleston County Special Sales and Use Tax […]
Court dismisses lawsuit challenging ballot question on $5.4 billion tax for 526 Extension
Today, the Court of Common Pleas concluded that voters will have to wait until after the November election to challenge Charleston County’s ballot language for its transportation sales tax referendum. This is an issue for all Charleston County voters. The County’s ballot language clearly fails to meet the requirement of South Carolina law to give […]
Charleston County sued for illegal ballot question on $5.4 billion tax
Ballot breaks laws guiding fair elections, misleads voters Today, Mary Edna Fraser, Glenda Miller, and the Coastal Conversation League, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, W. Andrew Gowder, Jr., and W. Jefferson Leath, Jr., sued Charleston County to demand that the 2024 sales tax referendum ballot meet the requirements for transparency under South Carolina […]
Statement from the Coastal Conservation League in response to Charleston County’s building moratorium
The Coastal Conservation League is in full support of the proposed subdivision moratorium for the unincorporated Charleston County historic settlement communities. While the amendments to the Historic Preservation Ordinance leave these communities vulnerable, a moratorium will offer temporary protection while more permanent safeguards can be put in place. “Refining the Historic Preservation Ordinance tools will […]
Environmental Impacts of the I-526/Mark Clark Expressway
The I-526 or the “Mark Clark Expressway” is an interstate in Charleston County that runs from West Ashley to Mount Pleasant. Charleston County is proposing to extend the highway from the current terminus at Savannah Highway onto Johns Island and over to James Island to connect to the James Island Connector. This project would displace […]